Lubricating system for locomotives.



No..823,609. v

- O O, w. MANZEL.

LIYIBARICAITING SYSTEM FOR LOCOMOTIVES."

. APPLIOATION'IILED JAN.21.19'03.

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- Witnesses. 1

, PATENTEDJUNE 19, 1906.

' UN-ITEn Q STATES PATENT oFFIoE.

fill/ CHARLES1W. MANZEIL, or, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, Assionoarr MESNE- ITO (0Z7 it dander-1 1) I p V, .Be it knownthat 1, CHARLES MANZ'EL,

. NEW Yong;

" ASSIGNMENTS, MANZEL BROTHERS. 00., A; CORPORATION OF lguanloArmefsrsrl-zmroa' LOCOMO TlV ES-b I ia-citizen'of the: United States,'residing at "..Bufi"a lo, in theic ou nty of' Erie and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Lubricating'System for Locomotives,

of which-the; following is 'a specification. Thisinvention rel-ates to a lubricating; system forl'ocomotives or the like. i

One of the features of the invention con- ,it jsistsof one or'more lubricating-pumps, con1- pressed-airmechanlsnr or thehke for operat ing sardpum or pumps, and a valve device i z controllingt e. supply of compressed air .or

other whichis operated from the mo tive power of the locomotiveor other mech-- anismto be lubricated v A Another feature has reference toa menu ump or pumps '-wh1ch,1srprinci ally g to be" used when thefautomati e air The object ofthe invention is' to provide a lubricating. apparatus which will be 0 erated automatically duringthe time the ocomojany time.- v 1 i The invention also relates to certain details tive or' other device is. in motion and which maybe, manually operated independently at of construction, allof'whioh will be full and v 'clearly. hereinafter;described and cla1med, refere'nce' being had-to the accompanying drawings, inw-hich,-

Figure 1 is a side elevation'ofa locomotive equipped withmy improved lubricating sysrotary; valve'.. Fi 4'is a central vertical sec 1ct1on mechanism and 'ro-- tern. Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic or plan'view of the lubricating system separated fromv the locomotive. Fig.3 is anvenlarged detached side elevation of the friction mechanism and tion-through the tary valve on-line'a a, Fi 3. Fig. 5 is an enlargeddetached face-view of the rotary valve.-' 1'F1g. 6 is a central longitudinal sec-' ti-on. through one of the lubricating-pumps.

' Fig.-7 is an enlar eddetached sideelevatlon of the piston-bloc li v of the piston-block.

Fig. 8' is a-bottom view In referring to the drawings in detail like numerals designate like parts.

0 4 s iel-sander Letters Patent.

Applie'atioufiled January 21; 1903- Serial No, 139,330,

i 1 Referring to Fi shown consists o a body ,portionor mainmember 15, which is tubular in form and con- Jratented June 19, 1906.

This improved system comprises a lubricating mechanism, fluidressu're mechanism for operating said-lu ricating mechanism, and a valve controlling the admission'of fluidwhich-is operated from the device requiring lubrication A hand-pump orsimilar manually-operative mechanism can be utilized in conjunction with the automatic fluid-pressure mechanism to provide anindependent lubricatingfeed to supplement the automatic feed.

The locomotive shown is of the'usual construction and .in part has the usual boiler 1,

cab, 2, steam-chests '3, wheels 4, air-brake pump 5,a1r-reservo1r 6, valve-driving gear 7,

and rocker-arm 8. In my improved system an oil-reservoir 9 is mounted on some convenient portion of the locomotive, preferably,

as shown, on the end of the boiler 1 in the cab 2, and has the usual lass tube 10 for indicating the" amount of oi in the reservoir. Pipes 11: connect, the I reservoir to lubricatingpumps, which arefdesignated by the numeral 12 in Figs. Land 2 toindicate their pro er 7 es, and each of whic is mounted on said locomotive and supplies oil to one of the steam-chests-3. These lubri-' location on said fi cating pumps 12 are formed substantially as shown in Figs.- 6 ,7 and 8 and are designed to beoperated byv compressed air, being connected by pipes 13 to an air-valve,which in turn is connected-by pipe 14 tothe air-reservoir 6.

The preferred detail construction of the lubricating-pumps is fullyiset forth in a companion application coverin the same, to

1 which reference is to be ha as but a brief description of the vital parts will be set forth herein. a

. 6, the lubricating-pump tains a series of ball-valves -16, normally heldin "their seats by springs. 17, a lateral conand an upper air-chamber 20, which is connected'by a ip'e 13 to an air-valve, and has a piston-bloc 22, slidably mounted therein and-provided with a recess 23, into which the up er end of the piston-rod 24 projects, being hel therein by .a'splring 25.- The action of f d this pump is such t at when the air presses the block 22 down, itpf orces the piston toward nection 18, which is coupled to an o i l'pipe 1 1,

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the ball-valves and feeds the oil. The supply of air to operate these pumps is controlled by a valve device which is operated from the I motive power of the engine.

This valve device is fully illustrated and described in a companion application, Serial No. 139,883, filed January 21, 1903, so that but a brief description will be required herein, reference being had to Figs. 3, 4, and 5. The valve device consists of a stationary body 26, which is fastened, to a suitable point on the engine and has a central horizontal opening 27, in which a shaft 28 is j ournaled. A friction-disk 29 is mounted on said shaft and has a flange 30, which is l fprovided with a groove 31 on its inner su ace of curved'cross section, substanti'ally as shown in Fi 4. A hub 32 is also mounted on the shaft which has three sockets 33 and '34, two of which are numbered 33 and extend oppositely to each other and the thirdof Which is numbered 34 and ex- 1 tends at substantially right angles to the other two, .(See Fig. 3.) A friction-block 35 is adjustably mounted on a short rod 36 and has a ball-wedging cavity in which a ball artially seated. Two of the rods 36 and b ocks 35 are employed, and one of the rods 36 is fitted in each of the sockets 33 and projects therefrom. The balls 37 in the cavities of the blocks roll and wedge in the groove 31 in the flange 30. A comparatively long rod or lever 38 has its inner end fitted in the socket 34 and its outer end secured by a pivotal two-part clamp 39 to a connecting-rod 40, which in turn connects to the rocker-arm 8 of the locomotive or such other part of the same'from which the proper motion can be secured. A; tubular coupling 41 is fitted upon the reduced end 42 of the body 26 and has a chamber 43, in which a rotary valveblock 44 is fitted. This valve-block has two openings 45, in which pins 46, projecting from the inner end of the shaft 28, fit, and two elongated curved grooves 4-7 and 48 upon one of its faces, which form air-passages. The rotation of the block 44 alternately exhausts and replenishes the compressed air in the lubricating-pumps.

A lubricating pump 49, similar to the pump 12, is mounted in the cab and connected by a pipe 50 to the air-puInp of the locomotive, so as to lubricate the same. This pump is operated by compressed 'air supplied through a pipe 51 ,"which is connected to the air-cylinder, reservoir, or tank 52 of the airpump, so that the compression of the air in said cylinder by the compression-stroke of the piston 53 will operate the pump.

Hereinafter when I refer to the air cylinder, reservoir, or tank I wish it understood that I generically include by such terms all receptacles capable. of containing air or other fluid under compression."

A hand-pump 54 is connected to the oilreservoir 9 and has three connecting couplings 55, 56, and 57, two of which connect to pipes 11, which supply oil to the lubricatingpum s 12, and the third to the suction-pipe 51 o the pum 49. This hand-pump is preferably locate in the cabwithin convenient reach of the engineer-(see Fig. l) and has an adjusting mechanism, so that free passage through the pump into all the pipes extending to the lubricating-pumps may be provided when the hand-pump is not in use, or said passage may be closed and another and diferent passage to any one of the lubricatingpumps provided during the operation of the hand-pump.

The urpose of the hand-pump is to supply oil to the parts to be lubricated when the engine is stationary, to increase the supply of oil to any of the parts when necessary when the engine is traveling and to prime and thereby start the lubricating-pumps when first attached to the locomotive.

The adjusting mechanism of thehandpump is operated by an adjusting-lever 58, Y

and the pump is operated by the hand-rod 59. (Shown in Fig. 2.)

For a full and complete detail description of the hand-pump reference is to be had to the companion application covering the same, Which was filed January 21, 1903, Serial No. 139,881.

It is to be understood that more or less lubricating-pumps may be used, and for some purposes the hand-pump may be entirely dispensed with, also various modifications within scope of the hereinafter recited claims may be resorted to without departing from the invention.

I claim as my invention 1. An automatic lubricating system for 10- comotives or the like, having a lubricatingpump, means for supplying oil to said pump, an air-cylinder connecting by piping to said pump and a valve controlling the air-supply and automatically operated from the motive power of the locomotive.

2. An automatic lubricating system for lo comotives or the like having 'a lubricating pump, compressed-air mechanism for operating said pump and a valve controlling the air-supply.

3. In an automatic lubricating system for locomotives or the like, the combination with an air-cylinder of a lubricating-pump, pipes IIO connecting the air-cylinder to the lubricatmgpump and a. valve controlling the air-supply automatically operated from the motive power of the locomotive.

' 4. An automatic lubricating system for locomotives or the like having a lubricatingpump, an oil-reservoir, a pipe connecting the oil-reservoir to the lubricating-pump, an aircylinder, a pipe connecting the air-cylinder to the lubricating-pump and a valve controlling the air-supply.

5. An automatic lubricating system for 10- fluid-pressure mechanism for operating said oil-pump and a valve device actuated by the movement of the mechanism requiring lubrication for controlling the admission of elastic fiuid to said fluid-pressure mechanism.

and a manually-o eratiyedevice such as a hand-pump for in ependently operating said 1 oil-pump. V a v 25. In a lubricating system, an oil-pump, automatic means controlled from the mechanism requiring lubrication for op'eratingsaid pump and manually-operative means for independently operating'said pump.

26. In a lubricating s stem for locomotives, the combination Wit ilubricating mechanismw-hich is automatically operated, of manually operative means for independently operating said lubricating mechanism,

27. In alubricating-s stem for locomotives, the combination Wit lubricating mechanism, of mechanism for automatically operatin' said lubricating mechanism, and a ban -pump for independently operating said lubricating mechanism. p

28 In alubricating system for locomotives, the combination with lubricating mechanism, of fluid-pressure mechanism for autom'atically opera-ting said Iubric'atin mechanism and a hand-pump for indepen crating said lubricatin mechanism. CHAR ES W. MANZEL. Witnesses; M a

- L. M. SANcsTER,

GEO. A. NEUBAUER.

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